Starcraft tips and tricks

[Rickairmedic]

I was just thinking today we need to put together a tips and tricks folder for our boats . The thing that really gave me this thought was today when JimBC figured out a much better way to take the wood out of the transom without having to cut or bend the gunwales and that info will get lost in time for newbies to find as Jim completes his boat and his thread gets burried.


Rick

 

[JimbC]

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OK Rick I will see if I can do this. I have written a few tutorials in my day. but not for this kind of stuff and I have noticed sometimes i get a bit carried away and seem to ramble on. ( LIKE I AM DOING NOW)
OK here goes well the first thing I did was to slide the rubber out of the outer rub rails, then once that is done I removed some of the screws from the outer rub rails starting at the transom working towards the bowONLY REMOVE ENOUGH TO MOVE THE CHANNEL THAT HOLDS THE RUBBER AWAY FROM THE TRANSOM AREA WITH OUT PUTTING A BEND IN IT. Then once that is done remove the rubber from the inner rub rail just far enough towards the bow to remove the rivets from it to move it out away from the transom with out putting a bend in it. Then once these to pieces of channel are loose you will see the rivets on top of the gunwale that holds it down remove enough rivets from it to lift it up high enough to remove the wood from transom without putting a bend in it. That should pretty much do it. you can see some pics of this in the link below in my signature the one that points to picasaweb I may revive this as I go if I find a better way to explain or anyone has trouble following this.

 

[Rickairmedic]

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Thanks Jim now lets see if I can get the pictures up to go with your tutorial.

Ok theres the pictures to go with Jims Tutorial.


Rick

 

[wvmedic]

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Grate idea Rick. God knows I will need some help!

Jeff.

 

[Rickairmedic]

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LOL Jeff we all need help ( I dont think its available here ) . I did figure though the glass guys seem to have a tips nd tricks section and I thought it would be nice if we had a place where new guys ( like I am not one ) to be able to find some neat tricks that other guys have figured out along the way such as Jims way of doing the Trnsom which actually makes more sense and does less damage than the way I have seen every other Tin Can transom done . I am Hopeing Bob and North Beach and other guys who have been there done that will help add to this and I will do what I can to dd some ideas I have floating around in my head once I flip the Turtle back over .


Rick

 

[JimbC]

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Hey Rick did you see my PM??

 

[motorpsykler]

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I'd like to see a tutorial regarding tightening loose rivets and proper use of Gluvit.

 

[wvmedic]

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Motor I'll second that.

Jeff.

 

[bananaboater]

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I vote for a Gluvit tutorial too. Soon I hope! Taking my wood deck out this week and work begins on interior hull.

 

[bananaboater]

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Found this Gluvit tutorial and wanted to share.

http://www.steelheaduniversity.com/gluvit.htm

They do the entire hull on the exterior. Looks like proper prep is the key as in many cases.

 

[dan bateman]

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sure would like to fine rub trim in this picture need rubber and metal for 1973 chiefton that iam restoring. just got new transom in had to cut off back piece sure was a bigger job, advice never try it my your self.. dan bateman minford ohio

 

[bananaboater]

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I saw an old thread that said that Starcraft was still providing the older rub rail vinyl. Taco rub rails, as far as i can tell, does not have an exact duplicate to the older stuff. It said to work through your local Starcraft store to get it. Let me know if you try this and are successful.

 

[SCHRECK]

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these transom tips and tricks are great for outboards but what about I/O s
where there is a big sheet of aluminum covering the whole thing. any help would be appreciated. Peter

 

[wvmedic]

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Peter the same basic principle applies to us I/O folks. Once you get the rub rails loose there are pop rivets under them, also at the front of that sheet of aluminum there are three or four rivets on each side. The three or four rivets I am talking about you can see. They are where the gunnels meet the aft deck.

Jeff.

 

[Kainon]

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Having just done a I/O, i can answer any questions and provide info on what NOT to doo.. like i have done.

I put my transom in as one peice (cut, then epoxied together, layed flat with about 400+ pounds on it.. let it sit for 3 days, coated with 2qt's of CPES.. I'll be bringing a sample to TS2010. If you tap it like crystal or a toilet.. it Rings.

 

[Kainon]

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PS.. I think the OB's have it a little easier than the I/O's.. I'm a big strong guy and needed the help of 2 others to get the new peice in place, when I assisted with an OB transom it was easily done by 1..

The hardest part was holding up the rear deck so the transom wood could be slid in, then I needed to use a heavy hammer and pound it in.

I highly recommend using CPES on the floor and transom !!!!

 

[fshngho]

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Hey Guys, I really hate to show my ignorantism, but I remember one of you gentlemen explaining how to post pics. I can't find which forum it was, but would someone post a step by step " How To" for idiots like me please? I have pics, and somehow have them in photobucket, but that is as far as I seem to be able to get. I have a screwdriver, a hacksaw, and a propane blowtorch and I'm ready to start my resto. I kinda figured since you guys have taught and entertained me, its my turn to repay the favor. I gotta be ready for Tinstock and ya'll have some very impressive boats. I don't want to be too embarrassed. Heck, even the Admiral was impressed by you guys and said she would help. Thanks much, Dale

 

[ezmobee]

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You're almost there. Next to every picture in your album on photobucket will be a serious of links that photobucket generates for you to use on things like iboats. The one you want is the IMG Code. Copy and paste it into your post. Make sure you resize your pictures to 640x480. You can do that right on photobucket with one click.

 

[fshngho]

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Thanks EZ, still having problems. Everytime I try to upload I get an " invalid file" notation. Maybe I need to start over. Any suggestions?

 

[ezmobee]

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There are two threads at the top of the non-boating technical section that handle posting pics http://forums.iboats.com/forumdisplay.php?f=32 maybe try those.